Randstad reviews

More cliquey than an Essex high school, where if you're on the outside, you can be guaranteed to be undermined, overlooked, overworked, exploited, underpaid and under-appreciated - regardless of your performance. Churn-and-burn attitude of management leads to astounding staff turnover, even for the recruitment industry. NB: This review applies to this division of Randstad UK only.

It was purely throwing junk at the wall and hoping it sticks, not recruiting what so ever. I went in with a wealth of serious recruiting experience and was over qualified for low level, CS staffing for the state. Salary was dismal and the commission structure was a joke. The metrics are absurd as well and it's not surprising why most of the "Recruiters" used to be baristas or work in retail before they became "Recruiters". If you like "interviewing" a ton of people without having an open job just so you can hit your numbers than this place is for you. If you like finding the RIGHT candidates for great jobs, this is not your cup of tea as you are forced to bring in candidates no matter what. I was happy to leave the "recruiter" position and found a killer Corporate Tech Recruiter position making triple the pay and actually making a difference in the company. All in all, if you want to get your feet wet in recruitment, this place would probably be an OK place to start but I wouldn't recommend it.